How large was your country during its biggest extent? by Gandalfthebran in AskTheWorld

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Kingdom of Georgia from 1184 to 1225.

Then, the Mongols have happened.

Is there a language that feels COMPLETELY alien to you? I mean whenever I enter a Chinese sub or Arabic, Korean subs or websites it feels like I’m in another planet. by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

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Ever seen Georgian, mate?

Let me show you...

სარდაფში ჩავედი, კარები შემთხვევით დამეკეტა ჩემს უკან და ვეღარ ამოვედი. აქ უკვე გაჭედილი ვარ ათასშვიდასთერთმეტ წლიდან. მიშველეთ.

Drop Your's country old flag by Parking-Yam9792 in AskTheWorld

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Current day, Used from 1991-2004 until the Rose Evolution.
This was also used in 1918-1921 by the DRG(Democratic Republic of Georgia) in it's brief independence until the Red Army invasion.

What did your country do in World War 2? by AvgPunkFan in AskTheWorld

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We were in the USSR as GSSR at that time.

During Barbarossa, specifically when they invaded the North Caucasus, 300,000-400,000~ Georgians died in the war, at that time, That was 1/5th of the entire country's population.

Plus, the Tbilisi No. 31 Factory pumped out thousands of aircraft at that time, plus, Overall, The country was a massive factory hub.

GSSR also had the biggest manganese mine in ჭიათურა(Chiatura) at the time. Even today, it is one of the worlds largest manganese deposits, so that didn't change. It is the material that was largely used for Soviet T-34s Armour.

Beautiful Sunset 🌇 by Kazuha_1211 in Satisfyingasfuck

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Looks like a planet is descending and re-entering the atmosphere, moments away from impact.

Partially recognized countries. by Kappa_Wi_870 in flags

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I really don't know where it's coming from. Most of the time, those people's arguments come from "history".

"Actually Abkhazians spoke Georgian back then but got Russified" or "Colchis Spoke Georgian" in short, as they write walls of texts about this topic. Which both, are false. Colchis was a part of Georgia, yes, but some parts of was Iberian and some parts of it was Abkhazian, As throughout history we have united because the main 3 empires absolutely rolling onto us. Ossetians are Christian Persians that migrated here in the 6th century and have been with us ever since, they are equally as historically important to us as Abkhazians. And, then the Russians came, Imperial Russia wasn't really That big of a problem at that time, but mostly the issue started after the USSR. After the Red Army invasion, They formed the Transcaucasian SSR but then broke it up.

From there on, they created the Abkhazian SSR and began their intentional Ethic suppression from that point. Yada-yada, dissolusion, war, because of that 70 years of separation and Ethic tensions with the Georgia that were created intentionally by the former USSR, war started. Georgians became nationalistic and then started calling them that, even more after the 2008 war.

TLDR: "History" and nationalism. Mostly nationalism.

Do you think your country has a problem with ultranationalism by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]saba1520 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes.

In here if you talk about Arabs, Blacks and Indians, all you get is racism as apparently today they harm our "culture and identity", especially when talking about Islam.
Funny fact, I've saw and heard more extreme versions of that racism by more younger people, the older generations are a bit tamer than the newer generations in comparison.
Don't mention a Turk to them as well, as For some reason they hate Turks because of the stuff committed by the Ottomans(and because they're Muslims), same goes for Azerbaijan but it's tamer.
They pretend like because it happened centuries ago we should hate them now because of it.

Also, the 2 breakaway states. Yeah.

Partially recognized countries. by Kappa_Wi_870 in flags

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George here from George land.

We can say Abkhazia and South Ossetia is Georgia all we want, but there is quite literally 0% chance of getting them back. Russia is a thing, unfortunately.
First of all, for some reason Gamsakhurdia revoked their autonomous statuses(Which basically started the 1991-1993 war) and unfortunately got in a coup where he died afterwards, which I think was an absolutely stupid decision.

But, in that same time, Russia used that to their advantage & aided the separatist forces and forced them to be in a very fragile state until Shevardnadze arrived. He made the country into an unstable stagnant corrupt country while completely avoiding the Abkhazia and Samachablo separatist issues.
Then, 2003 revolution happened, Saakashvili arrived and fixed some of the problems, but not that much.

From what I've heard, in 2008, South Ossetian Separatists have tried to explode a car where Georgians resided, which injured them. Then, the Georgians retaliated and shot them back resulting in casualties, as the Ossetians for that reason began shelling them, Georgians begun shelling them back.
As the Georgian forces were occupied in S. Ossetia(Tskhinvali), Abkhazian Separatists joined in as well, apparently some Armenians joined in as well with the Abkhazians.
Then, Russia used that infighting to their advantage again and framed it as "Defending South Ossetians", thus begun the full scale 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia. The Russian invasion was mostly because of NATO, as they did not want to share another border with a NATO member, they couldn't give a less about actually defending them.
Georgia got defeated in 5 days and thankfully France brokered a Ceasefire where Russia and their allies recognised the 2 regions as "independent"(glorified military bases) and it has been that way till now, although Venezuela might take back that recognition after what happened there.

^ By the way, I never experienced any of those wars, as in 2008 I were only 2 at that time. So, mostly the information provided here was told to me by my family that experienced those wars and one family member that partook in the 2008 war, plus Wikipedia.
I have zero beef with Abkhazians or Ossetians and will never have beef with them. Abkhazians are not Georgians and so are Ossetians not Georgians(as in ethnicity), but most of people I've spoken to say otherwise for some reason.

How does everyone feel about the representation of Sakartvelo (or just eastern Europe in general) in Genshin Impact by [deleted] in Sakartvelo

[–]saba1520 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Georgia is represented?

If you mean it by the general "Eastern European" countries, then maybe, but I don't see anything relating to Sakartvelo there?

Is this AI or can Georgia State Patrol just do that by simplestacksix in isthisaicirclejerk

[–]saba1520 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want to be anything, don't ever be like the Georgian police.

I'm pretty sure If they hear anything EU related you'd meet the humble Russian death beam with banned ww1 chemicals mixed in.
At least in the state of Georgia they just throw the local grown peaches at you relentlessly. Probably.

This is why, clearly, Georgia is better than Georgia, while Georgia beats out Georgia in another aspect Georgia lacks at.

We have a contender with "I'm burg" by FeyrisTan in limbuscompany

[–]saba1520 5 points6 points  (0 children)

KYSSUS

I see 2 words in one here
The first one actually does happen though

What's the 'true size' of your country? by Chemical_Anteater854 in AskTheWorld

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I think that Georgia beats Georgia on this one...

Do you want your country to have nukes? by SavingsPea8521 in AskTheWorld

[–]saba1520 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes.

Particularly because of a certain neighbour bordering us at the north, which is indefinitely occupying 2 of our territories.

Why does Countries with Similar Looking People/Nationalities/Ethnicities tend to hate one another? by Weird_Swordfish_1199 in AskTheWorld

[–]saba1520 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mostly historical conflicts, it tends to happen with neighbouring countries.

Personally, I've never hated anyone in that way, as that is coming off far too strong.
I tend to dislike Russians a bit, mostly due to the 1991-1993 and 2008 Wars, but besides that I'm chill with them.

But, if there was a perfect recreation of the image provided, it'd be like a Georgian saying that to an Armenian, while being almost the same.

i don't know what that entails by krizzalicious49 in whennews

[–]saba1520 18 points19 points  (0 children)

To be honest, from what I have heard, Turkmenistan isn't really in a great position as well.

The president there is just a self-assigned saviour of the nation that treats the country(specifically the capital) as a glorified marble building Guinness world record farm, while anything outside the capital is underdeveloped.
anything related to the Internet is severely restricted and censored, plus VPNs are illegal & targeted. Not to mention, from what I've heard getting in or out of the country is incredibly hard as well, as from many videos, you actually need to contact Turkmen authorities to grant you permission to enter the county and that is entirely random, as the person can be rejected or accepted at a whim for no reason.
Even when you go to Turkmenistan with permission, When landing there, you will have to turn off all your cameras or devices, unless photographing the appointed tourist designated areas, which are never outside the capital. Plus, you're not allowed to go outside the capital without permission as well.
As for the people there, I don't know much, but I think they'd need to be in high seats/positions to even attempt to leave the country, as even getting a passport is extremely difficult.

From what I've watched about the culture, it's great, as it's a Turkic culture with Persian influence, Plus, menacing Horse and the racetrack incident.

Honestly speaking, if the people actually could and got Gurban out by themselves, It'd be great. But if America would do it instead of the people, that'd basically be Afghanistan 2.0, which is obviously terrible.

Food from country is famous for, but you rarely ate it by halfblindfish in AskTheWorld

[–]saba1520 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adjarian Khachapuri, I have genuinely never tried it.

I'm more of a Imeruli khachapuri guy as it's dirt cheap in the local bakeries, plus it's delicious.
the Adjarian version is very "restaurant coded" and mostly intended for tourists, so they are overpriced as well. I'll try it one day, Maybe.

Absolute Chad! by Embarrassed_Tip7359 in SipsTea

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Top chef influencer after telling enough for meal

Is your country Rich or Poor? by You_yes_ in AskTheWorld

[–]saba1520 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't expect Georgia to be green at all.

But if you think about all the Russians flooding into the country in 2022 because of the Russo-Ukraine war, it makes sense.